It has been a few days since I last blogged. This week it got a lot colder, only 50 during the day, and I bought a couple new sweaters at primark, and a nice warm scarf. Then it got a lot warmer. As in, yesterday I was too hot wearing my grey hoodie. This was annoying, cause I wanted to wear the new sweaters, but I will enjoy it while it lasts.
Someone had the brilliant idea to make the london eye green, and I am very excited about that. I get to walk home from class at dusk now, the most beautiful time to see London, in my opinion. Everyone is outside living, and the lights are turned on but it's still light enough to see the details of the buildings. There have been some christmas decorations going up since before halloween. I find that a bit excessive, but pleasing at the same time. At oxford street, I noticed that they had put up all the twinkle lights over the street, but when it got dark they didn't turn them on. I wonder if they will turn them on now that it's november. The one exception to this was some huge department store that has a light for every square inch and a huge window display of teddy bears wrapping gifts and playing trumpets and other such ridiculous things.
Yesterday was a really good day for me. I ran into Denver in the study room and we ended up having an intellectual conversation about film (him) and literature (me). My paradise lost seminar was more than usually interesting, and we all argued about whether or not it's possible to understand God, and my teacher smiled and nodded his head when I talked. After that I went to talk to my shakespeare professor (one of the three, anyway) about the fact that I have no idea what I'm doing in her class. She was very helpful, and we ended up talking about Shakespeare in Love and whether or not I plan to see the new Elizabeth. Then I went home and picked up a couple things for sam's birthday on the way, because it was her birthday. To celebrate, we feasted on sushi and a german thing called auflauf. Then everyone came over and we had cake and ice cream and strongbow. It was a big group, and it was fun to see everyone in one place. Oh, I love birthdays. When the security guard came upstairs to yell at us for being too loud (hate that guy), we left the kitchen in favor of o'neils, a bar in china town. It was really fun because they had a live band playing cheesy music and a pretty good crowd. We stayed there until almost three dancing, and then walked home past trafalgar square. I wish all days in London could be like that one, but the ratio of ones that are to ones that aren't is becoming surprisingly high.
Is it weird that the red hot chili peppers make me homesick? I don't even like the red hot chili peppers. ok, that's not true, they are kind of good. the city she loves me; lonely as I am, together we cry
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It's kinda weird, but you being in London has made me very nostalgic for my youth. Must be all the British Invasion memories that are being stirrred up. Today I was listening to one of my very favorite songs from that era, "Ferry Cross the Mersey." I never really knew where the Mersey River was, so I just looked it up and it goes from greater Manchester to Liverpool Bay. Guess that all makes sense--that Gerry & the Pacemakers were from Liverpool just like the Beatles. So, another thing to add to my list of things to do when I come visit you - ride that ferry!
edit: when WE come visit you.
they were totally playing the red hot chili peppers at a restaurant last night! I hadn't heard them for this whole time I've been here. how funny that you mention them now.
Sorry Amy, of course I meant WE.
Great work.
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